Clock and bracket, brass and boulle work
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1740-1760
Bracket clock veneered with boulle-work consisting of horn, backed with green pigment, and engraved brass; gilt bronze mounts. The case of this bracket clock is veneered with boulle-work, a technique creating decorative patterns by mixing an element such as wood or shell (or in this case horn) with a coloured pigment and applied the substance onto the surface of clocks and furniture.
Green boulle-work, as seen here, was very popular during the 1740s and 1750s. The clock case is in rococo style with engraved, gilded brass inlays of carnations (suggestive of Middle Eastern ceramics) and gilt bronze mounts of foliage scrolls, bunches of flowers and shells.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 1250 mm; Width 510 mm; Depth 270 mm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Paris
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O224263
- Museum object number
- M.1:1 to 3-1940
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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